Make A Joke Out of Your Problems, And with Time You’ll Grow in Bitachon and Simcha

TRUE STORY

Several children, older and younger, have called me up complaining that their father/mother yells at them, and they can get inappropriately vicious; like: “I hate you”, and: “I wish you would leave my house”. I told them to laugh off all the yelling (internally) and keep saying to yourself: “I love all that yelling”. “Keep it up and yell some more; it’s good for your lungs!” Don’t verbalize this, but in your mind keep pumping yourself with all this Leitzanus. Make a joke of it, and with time you’ll grow in Bitachon and Menucha and in not-being sensitive. Ashreichem! This piece of advice gave them tremendous Simcha.